A 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot by Israeli soldiers during Gaza border protests has died from his wounds. Zakariya Bashbash was shot in his stomach by Israeli fire in one of the protests in the besieged protests during the past weeks and was admitted to Gaza’s Shifa Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Also on Monday, Israeli troops shot and killed 24-year-old Gazan […]
In today's world, if someone is called a "terrorist", he instantly loses his human face. Torturing, starving, humiliating and attacking Gaza's population of two million civilians is okay, as long as you label them "terrorists". Once you've done that, no justification, excuse or evidence is needed. Even an eight-month-old infant dying after inhaling tear gas, or a 14-year-old boy shot in the head cease to become too much of a […]
Fourteen American Jews were arrested by the New York Police Department after blocking the entrance to US Senator Chuck Schumer’s New York office on Thursday, the latest Jewish-led civil disobedience action aimed at pushing members of Congress to condemn Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters in Gaza. Chanting “Free, Free Gaza” and singing Jewish prayers while wearing black, the protesters, all members of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), sat in front […]
Palestinians headed into a third Friday of large-scale demonstrations in the besieged Gaza Strip, gearing up for renewed violence, as Israeli forces reportedly killed one Palestinian and injured dozens. Tens of thousands of demonstrators in the besieged enclave, where almost 1.3 million of the small territory’s two million inhabitants are refugees, have been participating in the "Great March of Return" to demand their right of return to their pre-1948 homes. […]
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